Alder Hey chief nurse Nathan Askew said the MMR vaccine is "very safe" A spike in measles cases among children on Merseyside ...

A dip in people getting the MMR vaccine is being blamed for the outbreak, according to the NHS hospital bosses.

A MEASLES outbreak has left several children “seriously unwell”, an NHS hospital in Liverpool has warned. Alder Hey Children’s Hospital has reported the potentially lethal virus is on the ...

A Merseyside children's hospital has warned parents and carers about an increase in measles cases which has left several ...

A children’s A&E unit in Lancashire could close and move almost eight miles away under plans being considered by the NHS.

Experts are urging people to ensure they are up to date with their MMR vaccines after an increase in measles cases in ...

Children in hospital who are "very poorly for another reason", are at higher risk of catching the virus, the letter added. | ...

Bosses at NHS Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool have taken the unprecedented step of sending an open letter to ...

The notice from officials comes after the NHS acknowledged cases have also risen in Birmingham over recent weeks, according ...

Professor Iain Hennessey, consultant emergency paediatric and neonatal surgeon and the founder and clinical director of ...

The hospital, alongside UKHSA and Directors of Public Health for Liverpool, Sefton and Knowsley, shared the letter on its ...